Tuesday, November 24, 2009

I love Christmas! 5 activities we love to do together as a family each year are:

*Sing Christmas carols around the piano. It is such a special, family bonding time. This year we are starting something special. We are having an "extravanza" where everyone in the family is preparing something musical to perform (singing, guitar, piano, anything). I will let you know if it becomes our next tradition.

*Have a big Mexican dinner for Christmas Eve, Noche Buena. We have enchiladas, fajitas, tacos, chips and salsa, flan, tamales, and cheese dip. So yummy! Add a pinata, a great story like The Legend of the Poinsettia and it is a beautiful way to start the evening!

*Go Christmas caroling. It is always fun to bring Christmas cheer to neighbors and friends. The littlest kids have to bring along Christmas bells so they can contribute even if they don't know the words.

*Do an advent calendar. It is fun to add to the excitement counting down the days. We did this advent last year and will pull it out his year.

*My husband brings out simple wood scraps and we put together a little manger scene. The kids can fill it up with hay. It helps remind us of the real reasons of Christmas

This is part of the Dora Christmas Carol's concert. Look at more entries answering the question, "What are Your 5 Favorite Holiday Activities to do with Your Kids?" here.

Contributors

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Ginny

I am the grandmother. I have five adult children that I homeschooled. I have 22 1/8 grandchildren. My three daughters homeschool their children. I live in Texas and none of my children live near us. So I teach Spanish classesto some of my grandchildren over the phone and internet. I love to teach Spanish so I teach groups of homeschooled children here also. I love to teach young children to read. I have taught eleven of my grandchildren to read. I alsolove teaching writing and am teaching some writing classes to homeschoolers here this year. In fact, I love teaching almost anything.

Tati

I am the youngest in our family. I was homeschooled until I went to 10th grade public school. I graduated from Brigham Young University in Elementary Education. I plan on homeschooling my children in both English and Spanish.